Improvement in prtjning-knives



llutrd tatre @anni @Minet WILLIAM RICHARD, 'oF oLYDE, '.oIIIo.

Letters Patent N o. 10'1 ,542, lla-teal September 20, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN PRUNING-KNIVES.

The-Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making parl: of the same.

I, WILLIAM RICHARD, of Clyde, in the'county of Sandusky and State ofOhio, have invented certain by which arrangement, when the knife is open, and

when cutting, an increase of power is obtained in proportion to the decrease of distance between the pivots v c and e.

J aw C is provided with` a concave edge, b, figs. 3 and 4,'and is more particularlyused for grafting,

where a perfectly smooth and square ont is required for grafting.I The blade B may be removed by unscrewing bolts l and e, and only use the cutter b, of sweep and concave edge of' jaw, fig. 3, by which weight is diminished.

Claim.

Sweep A, provided with slot a., and cutter b, blade B, .and its connection with sweep A, jawO, with concave edge, b', pivoted and arranged as shown and described.

WILLIAM RICHARD.-

Witnesses A. L. HATFIELD, .CHARLES F. FLOWERS. 

